The following grants may help supplement literacy activities in your program. This spreadsheet includes notes regarding funding priorities. Listing will be updated regularly.
| Organization |
Grant Program |
Web Link |
|---|---|---|
| BNSF Railway Foundation |
BNSF Foundation Grants |
http://www.bnsffoundation.org/programs/ |
| Ways to Help |
Ways to Help Grants |
http://waystohelp.org/grants.php |
| Costco Charitable Giving |
Warehouse Donations, Office Donations, and Grants |
http://www.costco.com/charitable-giving.html |
| Target Grants |
Field Trip, Early Childhood Reading, Arts, and Target Foundation Grants |
https://corporate.target.com/corporate-responsibility/grants |
| Classics for Kids |
Stringed Instrument Grants |
http://www.classicsforkids.org/grants.html |
| Verizon Foundation |
Verizon Foundation |
http://www.verizonfoundation.org/grants/guidelines/#Overview |
| Wellmark Foundation |
Healthy Communities Small Grant Program |
http://www.wellmark.com/foundation/apply/HealthyCommRFP_2014.pdf |
| Principal Foundation |
Community Grants Program |
http://www.principal.com/corporate-social-responsibility/giving/application-instructions.pdf |
| Dollar General Literacy Foundation |
Summer Reading |
http://www2.dollargeneral.com/dgliteracy/Pages/grant_programs.aspx#summer_reading |
| Dollar General Literacy Foundation |
Youth Literacy |
http://www2.dollargeneral.com/dgliteracy/Pages/grant_programs.aspx#ylg |
| Greater Des Moines Community Foundation |
Capacity Building Grants |
http://www.desmoinesfoundation.org/capacity-building-grant-guidelines-and-instructions.aspx |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities |
RMHC Global Grant |
http://www.rmhc.org/grants |
| Variety Club |
Variety Club Funding Grant |
http://www.varietyiowa.com/application.php |
| Build a Bear |
Literacy and Education Grants |
http://www.buildabear.com/shopping/contents/content.jsp?catId=400002&id=700010 |
| Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo Corporate Giving Grants |
https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/charitable/io_guidelines |
| Barnes & Noble |
Barnes & Noble Charitable Donations |
http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/sponsorship_local/donations_local.html |
| Iowa Farm Bureau |
Teacher Supplement Grant Program |
http://www.iowafarmbureau.com/public/109/in-your-community/youth--education |
| Polk County |
Community Betterment |
http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/supervisors/public-information/programs-and-initiatives/ |
| Verizon Foundation |
Grants |
http://www.verizonfoundation.org/grants/ |
| Lowe's |
Grant Program |
http://responsibility.lowes.com/community-relations/lowes-grant-programs/?pageType=cr |
| Ezra Jack Keats Foundation |
Minigrant Program |
http://www.ezra-jack-keats.org/minigrant-program/ |
| Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries |
School Library Program |
http://www.laurabushfoundation.com/ |
| Captain Planet Foundation |
Small Grant |
http://captainplanetfoundation.org/apply-for-grants/ |
| Union Pacific Foundation |
Community-Based Grant Program |
http://www.up.com/aboutup/community/foundation/grants/index.htm |
| Mockingbird Foundation |
Grants |
http://mbird.org/funding/guidelines/ |
| Best Buy |
Technology Inspired Le@ding Store Donation Grants |
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| First Book |
Book Donations |
http://www.firstbook.org/ |
| Kids Need to Read |
Book Donations |
http://community.kidsneedtoread.org/?page_id=1916 |
| Library of Congress |
Surplus Books |
http://www.loc.gov/acq/surplus.html |
| Lisa Libraries |
Book Donations |
http://www.lisalibraries.org/need.php |
| Literacy Empowerment Foundation |
Reading Resource Project |
http://www.lefbooks.org/reading_resource_project/ |
| Roads to Reading |
Reading Resource Project |
http://www.pwirtr.org/booksforkids.html |
| Iowa Arts Council |
Project Grant |
http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/assets/ArtistProjectGrantGuidelinesFY15.pdf |
| Iowa Arts Council |
Job Creation Grant |
http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/assets/JobCreationGrantGuidelinesFY15.pdf |
| Iowa Arts Council |
Operating Support Grant |
http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/overview.shtml |
| Iowa Arts Council |
Endowment Support Grant |
http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/overview.shtml |
| Iowa Arts Council |
Big Yellow School Bus Grant |
http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/funding/assets/BigYellowSchoolBus_Guidelines0301.pdf |